Wednesday, September 20, 2006

Everything is not ok in OK. Sooner fans are still rightfully livid over the shit job Pac-10 instant replay officials did last Saturday in their 34-33 loss to Oregon. During the controversial onside kick with 1:12 left in the game and the Ducks down six, not only did the ball not travel 10 yards, but Oregon didn't even recover the damn thing as evidenced by the video below we saw Deadspin via Wizard of Odds...

Thankfully, the Big 12 commish said no to throwing out the game. And as bad as the mistakes were, we totally agree.

Look, we feel for the Sooner team and their fans. Really do. In fact, after viewing the above, we might take another look at our Blogpoll ballot to reassess our placement of the Sooners. But the game and its result must stand, even if mistakes were made. Because to start changing results opens up a can of worms that I don't think any college football wants to unleash.

Every person reading this site, from fans of Michigan to Ohio State to Florida to USC to Texas and on and on and on can name a game where a botched call would have resulted in a different outcome of a key game. But, right or wrong, "mistakes" are part of the game. When they're as bad as the ones in Eugene last weekend (and they were awful), people should be suspended or fired as was the case here. But the results must stand. As painful as that is in Norman this week.

UPDATE: Scott left us a comment with a link to a news story saying the replay official for the OU/Oregon game received a death threat. If true, whoever did this should be arrested. And the others who, according to the article, left menacing phone calls, should be ashamed. This isn't a soccer match in some third world country. And as much as all of us love college football, it's just a game.

30 comments:

I'm pretty sure Boren requested all that stuff before the pac-10 took action, but I could be wrong. Either way, OU got a bullshit call that went their way the week before against UAB that could've been a deciding factor in their win, so tough shit.

Yost, it is to your credit that you re-evaluate Oklahoma's position in your ballot, as you mention in the post. But doesn't this suggest you should re-evaluate Oregon's position as well?

I'm a Texas fan, but I still think Oklahoma was screwed to such an extent that it is unfair for Oregon to be unduly rewarded and Oklahoma unduly penalized for the final result in this game. Those casting ballots can to a large extent rectify the officiating mistakes . . . and -- incredibly -- the major polls seem to have done so (Oregon at 12 & 13 vs. Oklahoma at 16 & 17).

Why can't we all just get along... Nothing like a bunch of sooner-longhorn love 1st thing in the morning. At the end of the day none of this is going to matter. By the end of the season: OU will have lost 3-4 times and Texas will have lost at least twice.

I recall Colorado winning a half national title in 1990 because they were given a fifth down vs Mizzou. Results always stand, but writers and coaches should consider the ill-gotten gains from truly shitty officiating when filling out their ballots.

First off I do not agree with threats against the officiating crew and 95% of OU fans feel the same way. In every fan base you are going to have idiotic yokels who will disgrace the school and team. Seriously boswell do you think UT fans are the only ones exempt from these kinds of people? From my experience with UT I have definitely came across some degenerate UT people, but I do not judge the whole UT fan base on these dingle berries. Stop trying to make all OU people look like assholes!

Hey M-Zone, I love the shirt, pretty funny. Congrats Michigan on the win against Notre Dame, that win made me feel a little better on Saturday.

Yost, I think its very thoughtful of you to re-consider dropping OU significantly based on the screwed-up outcome of this game, but if it were my ballot I'd temper your charitability by remembering the 500+ yards of total offense given up by the OU defense in that game. Nonetheless, OU got screwed by the quackers.

I watched that game. Didn't OU get the chance to win with a field goal? If they had made the kick, we would be talking about something else here. Sure mistakes are made. They are part of the game. It is the same response you'd give to all of us cry baby Penn State fans. "If you had scored more points during the first 58 minutes, then a bad call in the last two would mean anything."

I don't think there is another way to paint this picture. While I know that there are good people in Iraq, all I see on TV is the flag burning, guns shooting seperatists that would love nothing more than to put my head on a silver platter.

The point is that perception is easily skewed between people that simply don't like each other. When an incident comes up, the first people to point it out are the "righteous".

let me break it down for you.........phil knight paid the free masons with some of his sweat shop money. the free masons, through jimmy hoffa's mob connections, laundered said sweat shop money and gave it to the west coast priory of scion chapter who handed it off to the pac-10 officals

The most embarassing part of this whol episode has been the response on the part of the administration of Oklahoma. Yes, you get screwed.

But seriously....your school PRESIDENT sending out a letter demanding that the results of the game be voided? Seriously? Are you kidding me? Doesn't he have anything better to do, like, oh, I don't know, running an instituation of higher learning?

The overreaction is almost embarassing. If your school president has nothing better to do except whine and gripe about the results of a football game, you know your priorities are screwed up.

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